Guard's Christmas tree airdrop aids wetlands

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/03/ap-guard-christmas-tree-airdrop-aids-wetlands-031512/ Guard’s Christmas tree airdrop aids wetlands The Associated Press Posted : Thursday Mar 15, 2012 9:26:58 EDT NEW ORLEANS — Call it a springtime Christmas present for the wetlands. Louisiana National Guard helicopter crews lowered more than 100 bundles of recycled Christmas trees between guidelines in the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge to help fight erosion. The bundles held a total of about 5,000 trees. "If this program wasn't here, people would just end up sending the trees to a landfill," said Drew Wirwa, assistant manager of Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge. "This provides a great opportunity to recycle the Christmas trees." The branches slow waves and trap soil. Over time the trees decompose, but the soil remains. National Guard helicopters helped place the dead tr...